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Monday, January 21, 2019. Marchers in the Martin Luther King Jr. march head up E. Union Street heading towards downtown Seattle. 209084
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What’s there to do in Seattle this weekend? With the snow, MLK Day and upcoming Lunar New Year, there’s lots going on

There’s a lot to celebrate this weekend. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, early Lunar New Year festivities and no more snow! Sure, it’ll be rainy, but if you’re getting an extra day off, use it to refresh and recharge. Plan how to do so by checking out these weekend events and activities. Remember, many situations...

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Chadwick Boseman stars in “Black Panther.” Credit: Courtesy of Marvel Studios
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This Dec. 17, 2019 photo shows YBN Cordae during a portrait session in Beverly Hills, Calif. The rapper is nominated for Grammys for his album “The Lost Boy”and his song “Bad Idea” featuring Chance the Rapper. (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP) NYET112 NYET112
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Everything you need to know about the hottest tickets in town: Seattle events for January 2020

In this image released by ABC, contestants, from left, James Holzhauer, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter appear on the set of “Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time,” in Los Angeles. The all-time top “Jeopardy!” money winners; Rutter, Jennings and Holzhauer, will compete in a rare prime-time edition of the TV quiz show which will air on consecutive nights beginning 8 p.m. EDT Tuesday. (Eric McCandless/ABC via AP) NYET407 NYET407
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What makes each of the three ‘Jeopardy!’ All-Stars so good? Ken Jennings explains  VIEW

Alanis Morissette performs at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Thursday, April 25, 2019, in New Orleans. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) INVW (Amy Harris / Amy Harris/Invision/AP)
Music

Seattle-area music events to look forward to in 2020

Books

“Seattle, Past to Present” by Roger Sale.

Historian Knute Berger discusses Seattle’s constant changes, legacy as a company town in intro to ‘Seattle, Past to Present’

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

Gorilla Chee-Chee (Rami Malek) and Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) in “Dolittle.”

5 movies open Jan. 17 in the Seattle area; our reviewers weigh in

Music & Nightlife

New acts rule Grammys as Lizzo, Lil Nas, Eilish lead in noms  VIEW

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Television

Angelina Jolie stars in “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.”

Now streaming: ‘The Outsider,’ ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil,’ ‘Gemini Man’

Theater

Brandon Jones Mooney (left), Tracy Michelle Hughes and Aishe Keita in “Reparations,” Darren Canady’s time-traveling play about a new technology that reveals historical memories carried in the blood.

‘Reparations’ uses a sci-fi premise to explore knotty issues

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Classical Music

Seattle Opera Chorus and Cast in “Eugene Onegin.”

Seattle Opera’s ‘Eugene Onegin’ is fine but could offer so much more

Visual Arts

The painting which was found last December near an art gallery and believed to be the missing Gustav Klimt’s painting ‘Portrait of a Lady’ is displayed during a press conference in Piacenza, Italy, Friday, Jan. 17, 2020. Art experts have confirmed that a stolen painting discovered hidden inside an Italian art gallery’s walls is Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady,” Italian prosecutors said Friday. A gardener reported finding an art work inside a bag last month while clearing ivy at the Ricci Oddi Modern Art Gallery in the northern city of Piacenza. “Portrait of a Lady” disappeared from the gallery during renovation work in February 1997. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) XAC101 XAC101

Portrait found in gallery’s walls verified as missing Klimt

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THEN: Two tykes on foot at left eye the unusual gathering on Oct. 10, 1908, of 17 open-air autos loaded with 99 students and others in front of just-opened Holy Names Academy and Normal (teaching) School. In the distance at upper left is the fledgling Aloha Street.

Now & Then: Asahel Curtis could have taken this 1908 photo of 17 buggies and 99 Seattle students and chaperones on a Saturday drive

Dance

Liz Brown, senior objects conservator, smoothes seams and applies dog tags to gaps as “Some / One” by Do Ho Suh (CQ no hyphen) nears completion in the new 2,650-square-foot gallery at the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. The sculpture by the contemporary South Korean artist contains tens of thousands, number unknown, of stainless steel military-style dog tags and measures more than 24-feet at the base. It’s the gift of Barney A. Ebsworth. The expanded SAAM has a grand re-opening on Feb. 8 and 9. Tickets will be free but timed for entrance. (Liz Brown, Senior Objects Conservator at SAM) REF to more photos online Thursday Dec 5, 2019 212306

5 Seattle-area arts events to look forward to in 2020